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Filmmaker James Cameron is calling into question Jesus’ resurrection, but there’s no disputing one Knick’s miraculous return.

Guard Steve Francis, who on Monday night indicated he might not play the rest of the season because of a chronically sore right knee, said he expects to contribute tonight, when the Knicks host Golden State.

Francis, who didn’t even travel to Boston on Wednesday because of a prearranged MRI of the knee that revealed nothing other than tendinitis, plans to help pick up the slack now that fellow guard Jamal Crawford apparently has been lost for the year.

“I’m not trying to save them,” Francis said. “I’m not like Michael Jordan coming back or nothing like that.

“It’s just more trying to help the team. I’m not a bum. Don’t forget that. I can still play. And I look forward to helping.”

On Monday, Francis didn’t seem to think he could still play, saying it was time “to think about the next step” in dealing with his knee.

“I guess resting it more and just trying to get it stronger will be the best thing,” he said sullenly at the time.

Since then, the Knicks (26-33) lost Crawford’s 37.9 minutes per game and 17.9 points per game due to a stress fracture in his right ankle. Francis sees the opportunity.

Whether, in addition to his knee, Francis’ ego was injured because of a lack of quality minutes is unclear, but Knicks coach/president Isiah Thomas can’t be choosy. Guard Nate Robinson missed practice with the same flu-like symptoms that kept him out of Wednesday’s awful 102-94 loss in Boston. And Stephon Marbury is nursing turf toe and his own sore knee and was “very limited” at practice yesterday.

“Hey, we’ll take anything we can get,” Thomas said with his characteristic smile. “We know he’s not 100 percent healthy, but whatever he can give us, we’ll definitely take.

“We’re in need of bodies. We’re short of bodies right now.”

The Post’s Peter Vecsey reported that a buyout of the final $35 million on Francis’ contract was discussed earlier this season. That didn’t happen, and neither did a trade at the just-expired trading deadline.

Francis, averaging 9.2 points per game, has missed the Knicks’ last four games and 22 of their previous 27 contests. He’s not sure how his knee will react to extended minutes, but he said the hinge made it through practice OK.

“The team needs me,” Francis said. “I can definitely give what I can. It might not be – or it might be – 100 percent.

“But whatever I can do to help the team, and I think the guys are really supportive of it. The things I’ve been going through the last couple months, they’ve been great. Real supportive.

“They’ve worked hard to get us in that position to where we are now. If I can help come and finish off what they’ve started to do so greatly, I think it’ll be a good thing.”

Whatever the 30-year-old gives is better than what the Knicks have, Thomas said bluntly. The threat of someone who can make plays and has a 91.5 percent free-throw percentage this season would be welcomed anywhere. That’s probably why Thomas said he didn’t press the issue on why Francis turned it around in less than a week.

“He’s a great player when healthy,” Thomas said. “Not surprised, but I would say pleased.

“Because everyone is really pulling together, and that shows his commitment to the team and wanting to be a part, regardless of injury and everything else. Everyone is committed to make this [playoff push].”